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Lost at Sea: Without a Curriculum, Navigating Instruction Can be Tough--Especially for New Teachers.
Kauffman, David; Johnson, Susan Moore; Kardos, Susan M.; Liu, Edward; Peske, Heather G. – American Educator, 2002
Interviewed beginning teachers in Massachusetts to determine how they experienced curriculum and state-mandated assessments they encountered. Most respondents received little or no guidance about what to teach or how to teach it and spent inordinate amounts of time and money developing their own content and materials from scratch. Asserts that…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards
Counting on Colleagues: New Teachers Encounter the Professional Cultures of Their Schools.
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Kardos, Susan M.; Johnson, Susan Moore; Peske, Heather G.; Kauffman, David; Liu, Edward – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2001
Investigates second-year Massachusetts teachers' experiences with three professional cultures of their schools: veteran-oriented, novice-oriented, and integrated. Finds, for example, that integrated professional cultures, unlike either veteran- or novice-oriented cultures, provided new teachers with sustained support and collegial exchange…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
New Teachers and the Massachusetts Signing Bonus: The Limits of Inducements
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Liu, Edward; Johnson, Susan Moore; Peske, Heather G. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2004
In 1998, Massachusetts instituted a $20,000 Signing Bonus to address concerns about the supply of quality teachers. This article reports on a longitudinal, qualitative study of the experiences of 13 of the original 59 recipients of the Signing Bonus, and analyzes their responses to various incentives embedded within the Massachusetts Signing Bonus…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Beginning Teachers, Longitudinal Studies, Career Choice
"Lost at Sea": New Teachers' Experiences with Curriculum and Assessment.
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Kauffman, David; Johnson, Susan Moore; Kardos, Susan M.; Liu, Edward; Peske, Heather G. – Teachers College Record, 2002
Interviewed diverse beginning teachers in a variety of Massachusetts public schools regarding how they experienced curriculum and assessments in the face of standards-based reform. Respondents received little or no guidance about what to teach or how to teach it and struggled to prepare content and materials. The standards and accountability…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Beginning Teachers, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
New Teachers' Experiences of Hiring: Late, Rushed, and Information-Poor
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Liu, Edward; Johnson, Susan Moore – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2006
Purpose: Teacher hiring decisions have far-reaching consequences for a school, its students, and faculty. This article examines how new teachers in four states are hired and explores whether the process leads to good matches between these individuals and their schools. The authors conceive of hiring as a two-way process and examine the extent to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Item Analysis, Teacher Selection
The Next Generation of Teachers: Changing Conceptions of a Career in Teaching.
Peske, Heather G.; Liu, Edward; Johnson, Susan Moore; Kauffman, David; Kardos, Susan M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Based on information from interviews with 50 first- and second-year teachers in Massachusetts, proposes a mixed model for the teaching career: one that would be responsive to the needs of both teachers who envision long-term careers and those who envision short-term stays in teaching. Draws implications for teacher recruitment and retention…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education
The Support Gap: New Teachers' Early Experiences in High-Income and Low-Income Schools
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Johnson, Susan Moore; Kardos, Susan M.; Kauffman, David; Liu, Edward; Donaldson, Morgaen L. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
In this article, the authors consider three sources of support for new teachers--hiring practices, relationships with colleagues, and curriculum--all found in earlier research to influence new teachers' satisfaction with their work, their sense of success with students, and their eventual retention in their job. They find that a "support…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Elementary School Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teaching Experience